Roundtable: What’s Next for the Edmonton Oilers? Andrew Forbes | December 20, 2014 The Edmonton Oilers’ disappointing season continued this week with an overtime loss in their first game without Dallas Eakins behind the bench. After 33 games, their 20 points ranks them…
Crisis In Edmonton Peter Chau | December 19, 2014 During the Christmas break, I will be spending time with family in my childhood home of Edmonton, Alberta: Formerly known as the City of Champions. This didn’t come as a…
Dear Daryl Katz: Time To Clean House Shane Sander | December 17, 2014 Dear Mr. Katz, I hope this letter finds you well and I write with all due respect. It’s been almost seven seasons since you took over as the owner of…
Trade Talk: Shopping Taylor Hall Larry Fisher | December 16, 2014 Taylor Hall’s name is out there. Rightly or wrongly, it has people talking and proposing all kinds of outlandish trade scenarios. The reality is, Hall is the best player on…
Oilers Scrape Bottom; ‘Canes Not Far Behind Mark Shiver | December 16, 2014 Bottom of the barrel. That’s a common expression used to describe something not of very good quality. Sadly, it is an idiom that accurately depicts the condition of two NHL…
Edmonton Oilers Should Not Trade Taylor Hall Carl Maloney | December 16, 2014 Dallas Eakins took one for the team this week and was the fall guy for a hopelessly underachieving Edmonton Oilers team. With news of his firing, there have been a…
The NHL’s Bottom-Feeder, Lottery Team Drinking Game Jonathan Gardner | December 16, 2014 Seeing your team at the bottom of the standings is a tough situation to be in. If they’re lucky, most fans will never experience the absolute apathy one can feel…
Oilers: Taylor Hall Isn’t Going Anywhere Rob Soria | December 16, 2014 As if having to fire the head coach he had absolutely no interest in parting ways with wasn’t already bad enough, Edmonton Oilers general manager Craig MacTavish had the pleasure…
Dear Hextall: Say No To Taylor Hall THW Archives | December 15, 2014 Taylor Hall is the shiny new toy that everyone wants for Christmas. Darren Dreger first reported earlier today on TSN 1050 the idea of Taylor Hall being a piece the…
Oilers Coaching Carousel Continues: Dallas Eakins Fired Marcy Di Michele | December 15, 2014 The last time Craig MacTavish was the head coach of the Oilers was in 2009. He was fired and replaced by Pat Quinn, who lasted one season behind the bench.…
Breaking News: Oilers Fire Head Coach Dallas Eakins Brett Slawson | December 15, 2014 The Edmonton Oilers have fired head coach Dallas Eakins. The decision came following Sunday night’s loss to the New York Rangers in which the Oilers were shut-out 2-0. The loss…
The Dallas Eakins Hiring Doomed The Edmonton Oilers Derek Neumeier | December 15, 2014 Things were supposed to be different this year for the Edmonton Oilers. Sure, nobody except the most oil-tinted-glasses-wearing fans of the team thought that Edmonton actually had a good shot…